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80% say Tokyo Olympics should be called off or won't happen
TOKYO - More than 80% of people in Japan who were surveyed in two polls in the last few days say the Tokyo Olympics should be cancelled or postponed, or say they believe the Olympics will not take pla...
Jan 11, 2021
80% say Tokyo Olympics should be called off or won't happen
TOKYO - More than 80% of people in Japan who were surveyed in two polls in the last few days say the Tokyo Olympics should be cancelled or postponed, or say they believe the Olympics will not take pla...
Jan 11, 2021
China denies coercive birth control measures in Xinjiang
BEIJING - A Chinese official on Monday denied Beijing has imposed coercive birth control measures among Muslim minority women, following an outcry over a tweet by the Chinese Embassy in Washington cla...
Jan 11, 2021
EXPLAINER: Why Indonesia's plane safety record is a concern
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Saturday's plane crash in Indonesia, in which a Sriwijaya Air carrying 62 people plunged into the Java Sea shortly after takeoff, has once again turned the microscope on the safet...
Jan 11, 2021
Trump remains defiant amid calls to resign
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump enters the last days of his presidency isolated and shunned by former allies and members of his own party as he faces a second impeachment and growing calls for his...
Jan 11, 2021
Indonesia navy divers hunt for crashed plane's black boxes
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian navy divers scoured the floor of the Java Sea on Monday as they hunted for the black boxes of a Sriwijaya Air jet that nosedived into the waters at high velocity with 6...
Jan 11, 2021
Capitol police were overrun, little defence against rioters
WASHINGTON - Despite ample warnings about pro-Trump demonstrations in Washington, U.S. Capitol Police did not bolster staffing on Wednesday and made no preparations for the possibility that the planne...
Jan 11, 2021
Asia Today: Virus rules tightened in province near Beijing
BEIJING - Chinese health authorities say scores more people have tested positive for coronavirus in Hebei province bordering on the capital Beijing. The outbreak focused on the Hebei cities of Shijiaz...
Jan 11, 2021
English health official warns pandemic entering worst weeks
LONDON - England's chief medical officer warned Monday that the coming weeks would be the worst of the pandemic for the National Health Service as he appealed to the public to strictly follow guidelin...
Jan 11, 2021
Yemen's rebels defiant as aid agencies fear US terror label
CAIRO - Yemen's Iran-backed rebels on Monday dismissed the U.S. move to designate them a terrorist organization in the final days of the Trump administration while a leading aid agency warned such a d...
Jan 11, 2021
